Veterans enjoy food, music at AARP lunch

November 10, 2023 at 4:00 a.m.

by Alex Naughton

Joe Gamm/News Tribune Roland Hein flashes a smile as he greets old friends at the AARP Salute to Veterans lunch Thursday at the building formerly known as the West Point Senior Center. Hein spent his first few minutes at the luncheon speaking with folks he hadnt seen since the Senior Center closed about three weeks ago.

If you're in the U.S. Army, you walk.

Bob Bauer said he was an infantry unit in the U.S. Army. He volunteered at the age of 19 in 1957 and served until 1959.